Voter rights, voter intimidation and poll monitors
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 2 November 2016
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
For decades, Republicans have organized "poll watchers" to prevent so-called "voter fraud." This year, Democrats have filed suits, claiming that Donald Trump is inciting his supporters to "intimidate" prospective Clinton voters in neighborhoods where Trump claims "cheating" is likely. We look at the potential for trouble at polling places.
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| 0:47.7 | Republican claims of widespread voter fraud have led to photo ID laws and other restrictions |
| 0:52.3 | Democrats call voter suppression. Donald Trump takes |
| 0:55.2 | it a step further. Go down to certain areas and watch and study and make sure other people |
| 1:00.1 | don't come in and vote five times. Democrats call that a code for intimidation, especially in |
| 1:05.0 | black and Latino neighborhoods important to the Clinton campaign. They've already filed |
| 1:09.1 | suit against ballot security task |
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